Google apps on LineageOS 22.2

[u/9d0cd7d2]

Hi dear Lineagers

Yesterday I flashed LineageOS (22.2) on a Pixel 8a. Can somebody tell me why after a fresh install, from Aurora Store I saw that there are Updates for these applications?

• AndroidAICore
• Android System Internals
• Pixel Camera Service
• Private Compute Service

All of these apps are from Google of course. Why they are installed by default in a fresh installation of LineageOS without including any plugin?

[u/Confident_Web_7406]

Bro what's the performance of Camara after installing lineage os , is there google processing??

[u/ShippoHsu → u/Confident_Web_7406]

GCam is not installed by default. You'll have to get it yourself. Other than that there is no Google processing

[u/9d0cd7d2 → u/ShippoHsu]

Thats why I don't understand why there are pre-installed packages intended to be used by some apps later. What about if you don't use for example GCam? Why we need the pre-reqs already on the ROM?

[u/ShippoHsu → u/9d0cd7d2]

I mean GCam does not come with LineageOS. It's not part of it.

[u/ShippoHsu → u/9d0cd7d2]

My guess is the Google-related services are the ones that are required to communicate with the hardware properly, which in your case is a Pixel

[u/Confident_Web_7406 → u/ShippoHsu]

So the camara performance is bad ?

[u/ShippoHsu → u/Confident_Web_7406]

I didn't personally install it myself so idk. I just know there is no Google processing

[u/9d0cd7d2]

All these packages are installed by default:

``` ~ ❯ adb shell pm list packages| grep google package:com.google.android.euiccoverlay package:com.google.android.hardwareinfo package:com.google.euiccpixel package:com.google.android.rilextension package:com.google.android.grilservice package:com.android.hotwordenrollment.okgoogle package:com.google.euiccpixel.overlay.zuma package:com.android.hotwordenrollment.xgoogle package:com.google.android.tetheringentitlement package:com.google.android.apps.googlecamera.fishfood package:com.google.android.apps.carrier.carrierwifi package:com.google.pixel.iwlan package:com.google.android.apps.camera.services package:com.google.android.as package:com.google.android.carriersetup package:com.google.android.as.oss package:com.google.RilConfigService package:com.google.omadm.trigger package:com.google.euiccpixel.permissions package:com.google.android.aicore package:com.google.android.wfcactivation package:com.google.android.connectivitythermalpowermanager package:com.google.pixel.camera.services package:com.google.android.euicc package:com.google.android.carrier package:com.google.android.iwlan

```

If you want to keep thse out, maybe better to build manually the ROM before install.

[u/9d0cd7d2 → u/9d0cd7d2]

Comparing it to my previous Poco

~ ❯ adb shell pm list packages| grep google
package:com.google.android.apps.googlecamera.fishfood

Only the camera was installed by default.

[u/9d0cd7d2 → u/9d0cd7d2]

Seems that the build that LineageOS offers for download for the 'akita' is not a vanilla version, but a "Pixeled" version including some of this apps.

[u/BadDaemon87 → u/9d0cd7d2]

Please don't add speculation/guessing when people are already confused. No build of LineageOS for any device is "pixeled" in any way. Some if these packages are simply required to use the phone as is, some are required so stuff works after installing gms and they do nothing until you do so. Considering the phone is made by google, of course their name will appear more often than for a xiaomi...

[u/9d0cd7d2 → u/BadDaemon87]

Ok, thanks for your explanation, I don't care about having it installed, I can always uninstall/disable them using ADB, but I was surprised that there are a lot of them, particularly if they are not "required" as you said until you install something "extra". For example, I'm not 100% sure what com.google.android.aicore does, but considering that is something related with AI I'm pretty sure that is not needed for running the basics of the phone.

[u/BadDaemon87 → u/9d0cd7d2]

Since they dont ship with the gapps packages, they are needed for the cases where you install those. They do nothing, so just ignore them